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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Mar 6, 2023 | Replies (44)
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There are grants that help people pay for medical care that their insurance won't cover. The grants open and close during the year, and your fiance may have to sign up for a wait list, or keep checking back to see if the fund for diabetes is open yet.
Start here with the PAN foundation's Fund Finder, which will search several of the fund organizations and give you a list you can check out: https://www.panfoundation.org/find-disease-fund/
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@cookierockwell - Fantastic! Greatly, greatly appreciate the link to find more on grants. We'd never heard of this. Will be checking it out tomorrow.
@cherip - I am so so sorry to hear of your mother's struggle and loss; it is despicable that anything like this could happen, and there are no legal consequences? I'm also faced with the struggle to get my mother checked for her aphasia episode that occurred a week ago - she refused to go to the ER at the time, and is reluctant to get to a doctor, which we're trying to get set up for her to see at her Independent Care facility. (Her previous PCP retired and she has not wanted to see another doctor since).
It is so disheartening, and to think that people who are at probably the worst point in their lives both medically and emotionally are having to deal with this dehumanizing and debilitating insurance and health care gargantua....it is just plain wrong.
Thank you everyone here for providing hope and an outlet. Your role needs to be acknowledged and this Mayo Clinic Connect forum continuously supported.